Acts 8:32 BSB — MannaFest

Original language & word study

28 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
ἡ	hē	<the>	G3588 →
δὲ	de	Now	G1161 →
περιοχὴ	periochē	the passage	G4042 →
τῆς	tēs	of the	G3588 →
γραφῆς	graphēs	Scripture	G1124 →
ἣν	hēn	which	G3739 →
ἀνεγίνωσκεν	aneginōsken	he was reading	G314 →
ἦν	ēn	was	G1510 →
αὕτη·	hautē	this:	G3778 →
ὡς	hōs	As	G5613 →
πρόβατον	probaton	a sheep	G4263 →
ἐπὶ	epi	to	G1909 →
σφαγὴν	sphagēn	slaughter	G4967 →
ἤχθη,	ēchthē	He was led,	G71 →
καὶ	kai	and	G2532 →
ὡς	hōs	as	G5613 →
ἀμνὸς	amnos	a lamb	G286 →
ἐναντίον	enantion	before	G1726 →
τοῦ	tou	the [one who]	G3588 →
κείραντος	keirantos	shearing	G2751 →
αὐτὸν	auton	him	G846 →
ἄφωνος,	aphōnos	[is] silent,	G880 →
οὕτως	houtōs	so	G3779 →
οὐκ	ouk	not	G3756 →
ἀνοίγει	anoigei	He opens	G455 →
τὸ	to	the	G3588 →
στόμα	stoma	mouth	G4750 →
αὐτοῦ.	autou	of Him.	G846 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
Romans 8:36
As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”
leads to
- Psalms 44:22
  Yet for Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
- Isaiah 53:7
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- 1 Corinthians 15:30
  And why do we endanger ourselves every hour?
- 2 Corinthians 4:10–11
  We always carry around in our body the death of Jesus, so that the life of Jesus may also be revealed in our body.
- 1 Corinthians 4:9
  For it seems to me that God has displayed us apostles at the end of the procession, like prisoners appointed for death. We have become a spectacle to the whole world, to angels as…
Through
Jeremiah 11:19
For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from…
leads to
- Jeremiah 20:10
  For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that…
- Isaiah 53:7–8
  He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not…
- Psalms 83:4
  saying, “Come, let us erase them as a nation; may the name of Israel be remembered no more.”

The gold bar shows how strongly the cross-reference sources tie the two verses together: a long bar means many compiled references make the connection, a short one means few.

Isaiah 53:7–8He was oppressed and afflicted, yet He did not open His mouth. He was led like a lamb to the slaughter, and as a sheep before her shearers is silent, so He did not open His mouth.1 Peter 2:21–24For to this you were called, because Christ also suffered for you, leaving you an example, that you should follow in His footsteps:Jeremiah 51:40I will bring them down like lambs to the slaughter, like rams with male goats.Romans 8:36As it is written: “For Your sake we face death all day long; we are considered as sheep to be slaughtered.”Jeremiah 11:19For I was like a gentle lamb led to slaughter; I did not know that they had plotted against me: “Let us destroy the tree with its fruit; let us cut him off from the land of the living, that his name may be remembered no more.”Psalms 44:11–12You have given us up as sheep to be devoured; You have scattered us among the nations.Psalms 39:9I have become mute; I do not open my mouth because of what You have done.Psalms 39:2I was speechless and still; I remained silent, even from speaking good, and my sorrow was stirred.John 1:29The next day John saw Jesus coming toward him and said, “Look, the Lamb of God, who takes away the sin of the world!Matthew 26:62–63So the high priest stood up and asked Him, “Have You no answer? What are these men testifying against You?”Jeremiah 12:3But You know me, O LORD; You see me and test my heart toward You. Drag away the wicked like sheep to the slaughter and set them apart for the day of carnage.1 Peter 1:19but with the precious blood of Christ, a lamb without blemish or spot.Revelation 5:6Then I saw a Lamb who appeared to have been slain, standing in the center of the throne, encircled by the four living creatures and the elders. The Lamb had seven horns and seven eyes, which represent the seven Spirits of God sent out into all the earth.Luke 23:34Then Jesus said, “Father, forgive them, for they do not know what they are doing.” And they divided up His garments by casting lots.John 18:9–11This was to fulfill the word He had spoken: “I have not lost one of those You have given Me.”James 5:6You have condemned and murdered the righteous, who did not resist you.Matthew 27:12And when He was accused by the chief priests and elders, He gave no answer.Luke 23:9Herod questioned Jesus at great length, but He gave no answer.

Prophecy and fulfillment
Isaiah 53:7
The Ethiopian official is reading Isaiah 53:7 aloud (“he was led as a sheep to the slaughter”) and asks Philip, “of whom speaketh the prophet this? of himself, or of some other man?” Philip answers by preaching Jesus from that verse (Acts 8:32–35). The question of the Servant's identity is put in the text itself, and answered there.
quoted explicitly in the New Testament
The Greek Old Testament reads it this way
Isaiah 53:7
Luke quotes the LXX verbatim including 'in his humiliation his judgment was taken away' (en te tapeinosei he krisis autou erthe): a distinctly LXX rendering of the Servant
LXX Isa 53:7-8 (Swete, PD); Act 8:32-33
Prophecy and fulfillment
Isaiah 53:7
Silent suffering lamb -> Philip 'preached unto him Jesus.' Depth-3 cross-link to the Suffering Servant feature.
Acts 8:32-35 explicit citation
Quoted here
Isaiah 53:7
'He was led as a sheep to the slaughter': the Ethiopian eunuch's scroll; Philip preaches Jesus from it
public-domain commentaries in agreement; cross-checked against the UBS apparatus
An early manuscript quotes it
Isaiah 53:5
Isaiah 53 read by the Ethiopian eunuch, with the Great Isaiah Scroll (1QIsaa, ~125 BC) as a witness ~1000 years older than the MT; caption pairs stability with the textual-plurality datum
Commons File:Great_Isaiah_Scroll.jpg (PD-Art)
A person who pictures Christ
Isaiah 53:7
The silent suffering lamb identified by Philip as Jesus; warrant=explicit-nt
Isa 53:7-8; Acts 8:32-35

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